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Council Debates and Speeches

All the texts on this page are standard sources and it is likely that most libraries supporting Catholic Studies will own one or more of them. Check you local library catalog for availability.

Acta synodalia Sacrosancti Concilii Oecumenici Vaticani II.
Rome: Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1970-1999. 32 volumes.
This work is the official record of the Council’s business. It includes the full-text of all speeches (almost always in Latin). Also included are submissions made in writing to the Council’s various secretariats and commissions. The index volume allows one to find the debates on a particular document as well as the speeches by a particular council father. A guide to this work appears in Revue théologique de Louvain 11 (1980): 325-351.
Council Speeches of Vatican II.
[First and Second Sessions.] Edited by Hans Küng, Yves Congar, and Daniel O'Hanlon.
Glen Rock, NJ : Paulist, 1964.
English translations of a selection of the most influential speeches from the first three sessions of the Council.
Third Session Council Speeches of Vatican II.
Edited by William K. Leahy and Anthony T. Massimini.
Glen Rock, NJ: Paulist, 1966.
English translations of a selection of the most influential speeches from the first three sessions of the Council.

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